DH Invitational: Fnatic Finish Top 4

Fnatic Finish Top 4 after 1:2 loss to TA

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22:41

Apr 13

The boys managed to advance all the way to the Semi-Finals where they would meet The Alliance. After a hard fought series that went all the way to game 3 they were knocked out 1:2 by TA. They will now finish overall 3/4th in the event.

18:52

Apr 11

The third game goes in our favor with a score of 11-23 at 27 minutes of game time. The early game saw our team utilizing the aggressive tri-lane to its maximum potential. The vision behind the bottom tier-1 tower was provided by Fly's clever warding which allowed n0tail to wreak havoc with his Night Stalker in the first night. The game was dominated by our team on all fronts with exceptional mobility coming out from n0tail and a rushed Aghanim's Scepter. By the end of the game, Trixi had a whopping 11 kills with his Syllabear, of all heroes, and n0tail had 13 assists to his name along with 6 kills. There was absolutely no room for Qpandas to wiggle out and make something happen for their side. With this victory, we advance into the semifinals and will be taking on our rivals from Star Ladder 5, No Tidehunter. The details of the schedule will be updated as soon as it is finalized.

18:05

Apr 11

The second game went in favor of our team with a score of 27-5 at a game time of merely 16 minutes. Once the Chaos knight and Wisp combo was secured for our team, the game was pretty much sealed in our favor. The game featured truck loads of action with n0tail's Wisp and Trixi's Clockwork Goblin playing an active role in 12 and 14 kills respectively, which shows a huge deal of team fight participation. After completely dominating the second, it is now time for the third and the deciding game of the series, stay tuned!

17:32

Apr 11

The first game goes in favor of QPandas with a score of 24-19 at 49 minutes of game time. The game started out with our team picking up the first blood on the offensive jungling Bounty Hunter. While we kept the Bounty hunter in check, our Puck on the mid lane got picked off along with the trio of Lina, Shadow Demon and Alchemist pushing down the tier-1 bottom tower within a span of 10 minutes. After being locked down for almost the entire early game, the kills on the Bounty Hunter helped H4nn1 to get back in tandem with the team, w.r.t items. After a some great team coordination, we managed to fend them off our mid base tower. After losing the mid base tower in Qpad's 3rd attempt, we also went on to take Roshan which was followed by a very unfortunate team fight where our carry, Era on his Gyrocopter, got killed twice* (with aegis). The game forced us to take a drastic decision and Era went for a huge gamble by picking up a Divine Rapier. The next Roshan attempt by our team was intercepted by Qpad and Era ended up dead, which was enough for our team to call 'gg'. The second game is on, stay tuned!

15:55

Apr 11

Our match against the QPandas is LIVE!

21:10

Apr 1

We have lost against TD with 0:2 score, one of these maps being a def lose. Fnatic will progress to the next stage of the tournament nevertheless, but due to this loss the guys will be playing against QPAD Red Pandas in the Bo3 Ro6 match. Should they win, they will progress to the semi-finals where No Tidehunter awaits.

12:20

Apr 1

Fnatic will play their final match tonight against Team Dignitas, which will only decide where will Fnatic start their journey in the second phase of the DreamHack Invitational. We are starting from one game behind due to being late for the match about a week ago. Should Fnatic win the match, our guys will find themselves straight in the semi-finals of the tournament.

The bracket for the playoffs has been embedded below. All the matches will be best-of-three except the finals which will be best-of-five.

Fnatic Progress

Fnatic

2

Versus

(Best-of-3)

No Tidehunter

1

Fnatic

2

Versus

(Best-of-3)

Mousesports

0

Fnatic

0

Versus

(Best-of-3)

Team Dignitas

2

Group A

#1

Team Liquid

30+5

#2

QPAD Red Pandas

21+1

#3

Empire

12-1

#4

Virtus.Pro

03-5

Group stage will be BO3

Group B

#1

No Tidehunter

21+3

#2

Team-Dignitas

21+2

#3

FnaticEU

21+1

#4

Mousesports

03-6

Group stage will be BO3

Update: After the delays caused by the WePlay Dota 2 tournament, our team was not able to report in time. The organizers of the DH invitational were intimated about our whereabouts and the circumstances in advance and yet chose not to find an alternative solution. H4nn1 expresses his concern with a hint of disbelief in the tweet below, stating that the organizers as well as the opponents did not want to force a def-win and yet they refuse to reschedule. Later on, Aui_2000 cited on his stream that their captain's personal commitments made him force a def-win.

On a completely unrelated note, a few days ago we managed to successfully beat Team Dignitas in a 2-0 fashion in the penultimate stages of The Defense tournament.

Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbueckers: "Getting played by @TheGDStudio or @TeamDignitas ? Apparently none wants to force a defwin yet there is no chance to play the game out."

Overview

The DreamHack organisation, together with the GD Studio, are adamant to bring you a great foreplay for the upcoming DreamHack Summer event, which will be held in the summer. Throughout March and April, the top eight teams in the EU&NA scene right now will be competing for the prize pool of $6,000 in the first online DreamHack Dota 2 Invitational.

Fnatic.EU has only participated in one Dota 2 DreamHack so far, and they reached the Semi-Finals, eventually losing against EG with 0:2 score. The competition ended with team No Tidehunter on top, and this time Fnatic will hope to seek its revenge, as our European squad has been invited to the DreamHack Dota 2 invitational along with the likes of Empire, EG, TL and more.

Fnatic is set to play against Team-Dignitas, Mousesports and No Tidehunter in Group B.

Prize Pool

The top three teams from each group will later on proceed to the playoffs, while the fourth placed ones will drop from the competition. The top teams in both groups will be directly seeded in the Semi-Finals. However, the exact prize pool distribution is yet to be announced.

If you are interested in following the tournament via DotaTV, we have happy news for you, as the client will be available for this Invitational. As for the purchase of tickets, whether they will be provided free of charge or not, is still unknown at this point in time.